Monday 17 May 2010

Vegetable pulao

  


When I am in a hurry and need a wholesome luch or dinner I prepare this vegetable pulao. Since I love my dishes to be colourful, I use whatever veggie I have, both fresh and frozen. I prepare this one pot meal in rice cooker and it will be ready in minutes. Tastes simple and great. Definitely a bachelor freindly recipe :).



Ingredients :
Basmati rice- 2 cups
Any veggie of your choice- 1-2 cups
Onion- 1 no
Green chilli-  4 nos
Gralic- 4 pods
Ginger- 1/2 inch piece
Fennel seeds- 1 tspn
Cardamom- 3 nos
Cinnamon sticks- an inch piece
Cloves- 4 nos
Oil- 4 tbspns
Salt to taste

Method :

Slice onions,  mince green chillies, ginger and garlic. Heat oil in a pan. When it becomes hot add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and fennel seeds. When the fennel splutter add onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic. Saute well for two minutes. Now add all the diced vegetables. Suate for one minute. Now add the basmati rice and again saute for a minute. Now add enough water ( I normally add 3 glass of water for 2 cups of rice). Amount of water needed depends on the type of rice you use. Add salt to taste. Now transfer everything to rice cooker and cook until done. A very easy, quick and wholesome lunch or dinner will be ready. Serve with any raita of your choice.

Taste enhancing tips for this recipe : Potato and green beans add nice flavour to the dish. If you wish you can add 1/2 cup of coconut milk. Replace this 1/2 cup of coconut milk for 1/2 cup of water.  Otherwise you can add 1 teaspoon of coconut milk powder. This tastes equally good. You can also add coriander leaves for extra flavour at the end of preparation. Replacing 1 tablespoon of oil with butter also adds taste to the dish. If you wish you can garnish with roasted cashews. Take care to add proper amount of water and not to make the rice mushy. Happy cooking !!!

34 comments:

  1. Nice presentation manju
    simple and easy to cook
    surely a bachelor friendly one

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  2. Colourful Recipe Manju :) very nice.

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  3. Simple yet tasty and healthy rice, thanks for sharing....

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  4. Manju,

    I will also make vegetable pulao if am lazy or in hurry. Yours looks really good.

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  5. Wow pulao looks so delcious..nice riata too.

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  6. Am inviting myself to ur place to enjoy this beautiful dish Manju...my most favourite rice, can have them anytime..

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  7. Love it. I will try it out with coconut milk sometime.

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  8. Looks delicious. I almost prepare the same way except that I don't add fennel seeds.

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  9. colorful and healthy pulao...looks delicious...

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  10. this vege pulao is a very simple one ..me too always prefer this dish..simply goes fine with raitha ..really delicious..i think the traitha is beet raitha right..nice presentation manju

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  11. Lovely and delicious great clicks too.

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  12. WOw yummy and beautiful pulav with wonderful combo of beets raita right!!!

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  13. Colour pulav Manju..i too love prefer this quick and easy recipe..
    will try your tip like adding coconut milk..thanks dear.

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  14. Hey Manju,
    Bumped in here for the first time and I am glad I did that...
    Veg pulao looks so colorful and sounds simple and delicious...
    Nice step-by-step Instructions with complementing pictures...

    Njoy Cooking n happy blogging....

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  15. Vegetable pulav looks yummy Manju.Your comments in my blog are so sweet,i love reading your comments.

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  16. Easy and healthy colorful pulav..Nice click.

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  17. Veggie puloa is my all time fav. Yours look soo perfect.

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  18. Very nice pulao Manju. I like this very much. Your recipe is very good along with that cute picture.

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  19. Simple and easy to prepare yet this looks so tasty...must be delicious with the raita served alongside :)

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  20. Its so tempting...Nice dish....

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  21. Simple and yummy pulav..Lovely clicks!!

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  22. Hey first time to ur blog...and such a nice recipe...u presented greatly...nice one... really recipe is simple and good...

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  23. looks too good da.. I never thought of beetroot raita to a pulao .. I am sure from now on am going to have only beetraita ...

    Lots of changes to the page layout haan ? or its because am coming after so long I feel its different ?

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  24. Manju, pulao rombha nalla seithurukkenga fluffy rice athuvum oerathula violet colour pachadi kanna parikkuthu,,naanum coconut milk add pannuven nalla vaasanaiya irukkum thaane...coconut milk add panina nalla rich flavour kodukkum apram niraya sapda thoenum.

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  25. Lovely Pulav with beetroot raita. Wounderful combination...

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  26. Easy and healthy colorful pulav..Nice click

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  27. vegetable pulao looks delicious!!! must have been great with that Raita beside :)

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  28. Thank you friends :) Yes, that is beetroot raita and it tasted gr8 with this pulao.

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  29. Dear Manju,thanks for your wonderful comment on my post..love your space too..will be following you Dear..

    Btw, veg pulav looks so delicious and colorful

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  30. Welcome Nithu :) Very happy to see u here :)

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  31. Love this kind of wholesome, one pot meal. Your plate looks very colorful and inviting.

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